Improvement in cider-presses



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i waited wtw Leners Patent No. 95,55

s, dared amber 5,1869'.

- IMPROVEMENT 1N amsn-PRESSES.

The Schedule referred to 'in there Letters Patent and mraking part of the lame.

To all whom .it 'mag/concern:

Beit known that I, AsA BROOKS, of Tolland, in the .county ofTollnd, and State of Connecticut, have in:-

vented a newv and useful Improvement in Cider-Presses 4and I declare the following to be a full and exact de- 'scription thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference thereon forming a part `of this specification.'

In the drawings- Figure l is an end elevation.

Figure 2 is a plan view.

Like letters indicate like parts.

lThe letter a indicates the frame of the machine.

Bower is applied by thehandle s, always in .the 'di rection of the arrow.

The cog-wheel b is made adjustable backward and forward; so that it may be thrown 'in or out of gear with the cogfwheel c, which, by means of the bevel- 'gear wheels e and f, drives the pillar-gear It, which, in its turn, drives the gears fi?, fi? i 'i,. and with them the screws z zx# z, to which' they are severally attached.

These screws trn'infemale screws in the platforinj, .and as the threads are of equalv pitch, they will all rundown orI up together.. v I

The letter It indicates a sliding'platfonn, having fixed bearings for the four screws, and as the screws- 'nove up or down, the platform slides upon .guidesv atthe fourcorers l l l l. V

Under the lower end of' the screws at -m m, a cheese of apples, or the like, can be pressed.

'lhe screws having been run down as lar as desired,

the eog-whee1 b is moved back out of gearwith c,I the cog-wheel n, fixed in the swinging-arm o, is thrown down so as to gear into both b and c, as shown inv fig. 1.

Now, the cog-wheel b being.allo\ved in the same direction as before, the direction of c is-revelrsed, and the screws'are'run up to any desired point.

I claim as my invention- 'Dhe combination of v he pillar-gear l, the geaw wheels i* i ti't, the ,sci-ewa'z" z z' z, and the sliding platform k, the wholehengarranged, constructed and Aoperated lasdescrilwd, for the purpose set forth. l

Also, the combination of the adjustable cog-wheel b, the swinging cog-wheel n, the cog-wheel c, thebevelgear wheels e and f, and the parts specilied inthe preceding clause, the whole being arranged, constructed,

and operated vas described, for the purposes set forth..

Asa BROOKS.

Witnesses:

E. R. Bistrot,

Joseru Brsuop.v 

